2015–16 LKL season

LKL
Teams	10
Games played	180 (regular season)
Duration	October 2015 – June 2016
Awards
MVP	Vytautas Šulskis
Statistical leaders
Points	Derrick Low 15.7
Rebounds	Assem Marei 7.7
Assists	Rolandas Alijevas 6.1
Records
Highest scoring	Šiauliai 112–110 Juventus (21 October 2015)
Winning streak	10 games Žalgiris
Losing streak	13 games Nevėžis
Home win	Lietuvos rytas 116-54 Nevėžis (17 October 2015)
Away win	Nevėžis 54-98 Žalgiris (25 January 2016)
Highest attendance	10,790 Žalgiris 79–70 Lietuvos rytas (25 October 2015)
Lowest attendance	221 Pieno žvaigždės 79–54 Nevėžis (16 January 2016)
Average attendance	1,868

The 2015–16 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) season will be the 23rd season of the top tier basketball league of Lithuania. Regular season started on 30 September 2015.

Žalgiris is the defending champion.

Competition Format

During the regular season, all teams will play 36 games. The top eight teams in the after playing the whole 40 games each one will join the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that will be played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were also played in this format.

The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The final series for the first place were played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place were played in a best-of-five format.

Teams

2015–16 LKL season is located in Lithuania

Juventus

Lietuvos rytas

Neptūnas

Nevėžis

Pieno žvaigždės

Vytautas

Dzūkija

Šiauliai

Lietkabelis

Žalgiris

Location of teams in 2015–16 LKL

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Dzūkija	Alytus	Alytus Arena	5,500
Juventus	Utena	Utena Arena	2,000
Lietkabelis	Panevėžys	Cido Arena	5,950
Lietuvos rytas	Vilnius	Lietuvos rytas Arena Siemens Arena	2,500 10,000
Neptūnas	Klaipėda	Švyturys Arena	6,200
Nevėžis	Kėdainiai	Kėdainiai Arena	2,200
Pieno žvaigždės	Pasvalys	Pieno žvaigždės Arena	1,200
Šiauliai	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Arena	5,700
Vytautas	Prienai-Birštonas	Prienai Arena	1,500
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgiris Arena	15,688

Results

Rounds 1 and 2

Home \ Away	DZŪ	JUV	LTK	LRY	NEP	NEV	PŽV	ŠIA	VYT	ŽAL
Dzūkija		62–75	64–63	82–91	62–67	57–69	78–70	68–73	77–79	72–80
Juventus	71–66		80–63	92–88	79–76	88–92	76–74	72–70	58–79	65–83
Lietkabelis	76–67	68–70		67–91	75–80	96–75	91–78	78–72	87–81	69–95
Lietuvos rytas	81–69	100–77	87–67		116–54	80–76	96–69	82–61	81–74	68–82
Neptūnas	76–71	82–65	73–65	62–72		77–66	90–79	74–83	82–87	73–82
Nevėžis	60–49	80–81	70–87	72–83	56–81		73–78	94–88	61–78	67–90
Pieno žvaigždės	83–68	83–71	64–86	71–89	89–83	85–61		68–71	71–79	71–88
Šiauliai	71–60	110–112	86–74	87–95	68–75	82–80	77–73		106–75	64–78
Vytautas	89–59	89–65	87–68	79–89	72–85	79–85	92–72	78–76		70–82
Žalgiris	78–43	90–78	103–74	79–70	81–71	82–88	93–88	80–59	94–77

Rounds 3 and 4

Home \ Away	DZŪ	JUV	LTK	LRY	NEP	NEV	PŽV	ŠIA	VYT	ŽAL
Dzūkija		88–77	70–83	58–93	58–55	60–53	75–71	79–86	67–61	69–79
Juventus	82–75		84–70	59–97	104–89	89–73	83–100	90–66	88–61	65–88
Lietkabelis	82–74	84–82		75–65	72–80	76–66	82–83	75–88	67–65	70–90
Lietuvos rytas	88–59	83–82	91–69		95–88	87–70	95–74	79–58	93–84	78–72
Neptūnas	85–65	101–74	70–74	70–62		103–69	95–91	68–73	70–58	70–78
Nevėžis	91–81	81–93	76–81	59–78	69–77		87–95	82–78	72–78	54–98
Pieno žvaigždės	78–58	85–75	84–90	81–77	54–88	79–54		93–87	91–100	101–109
Šiauliai	91–69	109–105	99–82	80–81	79–74	112–90	90–94		90–82	64–80
Vytautas	63–77	96–90	84–76	80–77	82–72	80–76	94–86	68–57		71–79
Žalgiris	101–62	84–86	92–59	79–74	89–57	95–73	93–88	79–82	96–80

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Neptūnas	89,011	5,830	1,960	3,870	0.2447732389836+24.4%†
2	Žalgiris	85,491	10,790	1,426	3,562	0.043656607090536+4.3%†
3	Lietuvos rytas	60,860	9,850	750	2,536	0.8205312275664+82.0%†
4	Dzūkija	41,617	4,503	1,145	2,312	0.40632603406326+40.6%†
5	Šiauliai	31,487	5,465	381	1,574	0.14389534883721+14.3%†
6	Lietkabelis	28,622	2,907	600	1,506	0.84558823529412+84.5%†
7	Juventus	31,440	2,238	889	1,429	-0.96881355932203−3.1%†
8	Nevėžis	16,088	1,900	380	894	0.32444444444444+32.4%†
9	Vytautas	14,540	1,400	400	692	1.6926070038911+169.2%†
10	Pieno žvaigždės	10,582	1,100	221	557	0.31678486997636+31.6%†
	League total	409,738	10,790	221	1,970	+32.4%†

Updated to games played on 31 May 2016
Source: LKL

Playoffs

Seeded teams play at home games 1, 3, 5 and 7.

	Quarterfinals										Semifinals										Finals
	Žalgiris			102	84	95	0	0
	Pieno žvaigždės			66	71	81	0	0
											Žalgiris			91	88	80	0	0
											Juventus			76	73	72	0	0
	Vytautas			98	88	65	78	79
	Juventus			91	93	66	73	83
																					Žalgiris	83	54	78	0	0	0	0
																					Neptūnas	72	76	54	0	0	0	0
	Lietuvos rytas			79	85	83	0	0
	Lietkabelis			74	66	78	0	0
											Lietuvos rytas			71	68	66	74	72
											Neptūnas			83	70	64	73	73
	Neptūnas			83	84	90	87	0
	Šiauliai			77	93	85	86	0

	Third place
	Lietuvos rytas	85	83	0	0	0
	Juventus	83	78	0	0	0

Sponsors

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External links

• LKL website